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January 2012

The Delhi High Court has ordered Facebook India and Google India to find a way to remove objectionable content or the sites will face a blackout. Justice Suresh Kait warned that if the Internet giants cannot monitor their content, India will follow C...

Joe Fernandez is the founder and CEO of Klout. While his jaw was wired shut for nearly three months after surgery, Joe began to develop a deep fascination with the evolution of influence within the social web. The way individuals could instantly broa...

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The bubble of American college football recruiting has few parallels in the sports universe. Millionaire coaches fervently woo teenage boys. Jobs, reputations and big-money contracts are on the line. Rabid fans pay for exclusive information from scou...

After reports that some workers threatened to throw themselves off of a roof in protest of unfair treatment, the largest technology manufacturer in the world says it has solved the dispute. Foxconn Technology said in a statement that the dispute invo...

Jeff Ernst is a principal analyst at Forrester Research, serving CMOs and marketing leaders. One thing’s for sure: ICANN’s gTLD program is a game-changer. The introduction of new .brand and .category gTLDs represents the biggest change to the Interne...

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First Lady Michelle Obama officially joined Twitter on Thursday under the handle @MichelleObama. Obama and her staff will be using the account – which has already raked in nearly 60,000 followers as of late Thursday morning -- throughout the campaign...

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Google Maps gets the low-tech treatment in a new ad that imagines the app as the classic Labyrinth game. The online video spot, the first for Google from San Francisco ad agency Venables Bell & Partners, uses a wooden gyroscopic structure to help two...

If you're like most Mashable readers, you know plenty about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sister bill in the Senate, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). And you're probably plenty outraged about it, too. And rightfully so. If enacted, SOPA/PIPA co...

Hyperlocal search was a hot-button term a few years ago, but there’s a new phrase in town that takes its predecessor to a whole new social level: SoLoMo. The phrase "hyperlocal search" emerged when PC users searching for local information on engine s...

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The Mashable Meme Machine is a daily look at five hilarious viral topics spreading across the web right now. The Internet can be a really stupid thing sometimes. Technology has made it easier for us to function as a society, but that doesn't mean you...

Exactly 14,683 "lolz" after launching in 2007, I Can Has Cheezburger is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week, just before all Cheezburger sites will go black Jan. 18 to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The humor website features the ...

Twitter isn't the only party that thinks merging Google+ with Google search results is an abuse of its monopoly power in search. Privacy watchdog EPIC filed a complaint with the FTC on Thursday, saying that Google is using its search engine to create...

With more than 3 billion views every single day, YouTube is currently the undisputed king of online video. But how well do you know the site? We have spent some time coming to grips with the world's largest video-sharing service and here offer you 10...

If Facebook can host presidential debates and Twitter can host live concerts, why can't theater appear on social media? Berlin's Maxim Gorki Theater proved Facebook can be home to a live theater experience Monday, in what it calls Facebook's first pe...

Anne Buehner is the associate social media strategist at Red Door Interactive, a strategic partner dedicated to ensuring businesses acquire, convert, retain and engage their customers wherever they are. Email her at abuehner@reddoor.biz. On Pinterest...

Apple is on track to making an even more astronomical amount of dough with its offshore accounts. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has most of its money in overseas investments -- $54 billion of its $85 billion in cash is kept out of the United St...

If you haven't noticed that Google+ pages are increasingly becoming a part of Google search results, you may have noticed Google and Twitter's increasingly public spat about it. Twitter argues that by promoting Google+ in search results, Google isn't...

The second annual online Google Science Fair competition is getting even more global this year, allowing teenagers between 13 and 18 to submit entries in 13 languages for projects that could make a practical difference in the lives of a group or comm...

Two years after the devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit off the coast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, celebrities with major Twitter and Facebook followings are joining in the "HAITI: Aid Still Required" online campaign. The campaign announced it...

Motorola, Twitter and OLED display technology ruled on Wednesday at CES 2012. Microsoft still has the largest share of overall tweets tagged #CES, but its grip on the conversation slipped again on the expo week's third day. And Mashable became Wednes...

Jetsetting from New York to Silicon Valley and everywhere in between helps high-tech travelers gather a wealth of knowledge about life spent in airports and at 35,000 feet. So, if you've got a trip coming up, you'll find this infographic's insights a...

The Golden Globes are right around the corner and the Twittersphere isn't much interested in the movies and nominees that will be vying for top prize. No, Twitter users are more likely to talk about the controversial host and funnyman Ricky Gervais. ...

Brian Carter is author of The Like Economy: How Businesses Make Money With Facebook and co-author of Facebook Marketing: Leveraging Facebook's Features For Your Marketing Campaigns. He is a keynote speaker, trainer and consultant. Facebook, with its ...

The 2012 Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament may just be the most digitally connected major sporting event of all time. A Slamtracker already provides real-time updates of qualifying play that began on Wednesday, and fans can relive and shar...

A small company in Arkansas is showing an unexpected side to Apple's voice-based intelligent assistant Siri. This YouTube video shows various home appliances being controlled via voice command on the iPhone 4S, from adjusting the thermostat and light...

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